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enTo the Women of Syriahttp://sojo.net/magazine/2014/07/women-syria
<p>I wish I could end the war ravaging your country.</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/magazine/2014/07/women-syria" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BeautyColumnsdaughtersfathersMothersprayPrayersisterssolidaritystrengthSufferingsyriaWarweepWomenLife and PeacePeace and NonviolenceGlobal EngagementWed, 04 Jun 2014 17:45:55 +0000Lynne Hybels54437 at http://sojo.netTapping the Sacred Power of Songhttp://sojo.net/magazine/2014/06/tapping-sacred-power-song
<p><em>Music as Prayer: The Theology and Practice of Church Music</em>, by Thomas H. Troeger</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/magazine/2014/06/tapping-sacred-power-song" target="_blank">read more</a></p>ArtBeautyBookimperfectioninspirationMusicpracticePrayerprecisionReviewTheologyversatilityReviewsCulture WatchFri, 09 May 2014 19:56:06 +0000Sophia Har54138 at http://sojo.netBeauty in Battered Placeshttp://sojo.net/magazine/2014/06/beauty-battered-places
<p>A conversation with novelist and activist Denise Giardina.</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/magazine/2014/06/beauty-battered-places" target="_blank">read more</a></p>AppalachiaBeautyChurchCommunityEmily BronteEpiscopalinterviewMoneymountain top removalnovelistObamacareOrganizingradicalSojourners communityWritingCulture WatchFri, 09 May 2014 18:55:37 +0000Jason Howard54131 at http://sojo.netPaying It Forward Ends Up Paying It Backward Toohttp://sojo.net/blogs/2014/02/24/paying-it-forward-ends-paying-it-backward-too
<p>People mill about the magazine rack near my cozy chair at Barnes &amp; Noble. In between chapters, I send them silent love bombs. I hope, somehow, their day is brightened, that they will feel unexpected relief. I especially focus on the grumpier sorts, or the two loud women, or the dude who smells of cigarette smoke, or the crying child and angry mum (my personal fave).</p><p>On the other side of the rack, a scrawny pair of corduroy legs with a metal cane catches my eye. I feel . . . a bond. For years, I was convinced that my dwarfed, arthritic body could only bring me rejection and pain. Eventually, Iʼd realized Iʼd adopted those practices toward myself. Ouch. I wonder if the tired corduroys have done the same.</p><p>Silently, I begin the “Prayer of Thy Healing Angels” from Lorna Byrne. I started this habit a while ago when I realized how disconnected I felt from the world. Iʼd reserved my energy for a small circle of friends and family. But there was suffering all around and I felt powerless to help. I was not particularly philanthropic. Activists made me squirm.</p><p>Years of soul-searching, though, left me with a deeper compassion for myself and so a growing empathy for others. Even the chowderheads. The very least I could do was send them light.</p><p>Iʼd thought my love bombs would be altruistic. Then a weird thing happened. It was helping me. Comforting me.</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/blogs/2014/02/24/paying-it-forward-ends-paying-it-backward-too" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Beautybody imageempoweringGod's Politicsself-confidenceself-esteemWomen and GirlsLife and PeaceWomen and GirlsMon, 24 Feb 2014 17:50:32 +0000Julie Bond Genovese53023 at http://sojo.net'No Makeup November' Inspires Women to Focus on Inner Beautyhttp://sojo.net/blogs/2013/11/18/no-makeup-november-inspires-women-focus-inner-beauty
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As countless men grow mustaches this month to raise money and awareness for men's health issues, women and girls of all ages have put away their blush and mascara, seeking to remember they are beautifully made by God — even without the makeup.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"I think a lot of times we get so caught up in 'God made the world and the trees and the beauty and nature'&nbsp;and we see God's handiwork in the leaves changing in the fall, or we see his handiwork at the beach,"&nbsp;said Becca Daniel, team leader at Rave Ministries.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"What we forget is we're told in all those other Scriptures that God made us, down to the last detail too."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Women and girls from 37 states and seven countries are participating in&nbsp;"No Makeup November,"&nbsp;which is coordinated by&nbsp;<a _fcksavedurl="http://www.ravenomakeupnov.com/" href="http://www.ravenomakeupnov.com/" target="_blank">Rave Ministries</a>, a Christian girls ministry associated with the Churches of Christ.</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/blogs/2013/11/18/no-makeup-november-inspires-women-focus-inner-beauty" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BeautyBecca DanielBrooke FergusonCultureGod's PoliticsLauren KingLipscomb UniversitymakeupMovemberNMNNo Makeup NovemberNo Shave NovemberRave MinistriesLife and PeaceWomen and GirlsMon, 18 Nov 2013 21:06:04 +0000Katherine Burgess51466 at http://sojo.netDigginghttp://sojo.net/magazine/2013/12/digging
<p><em>Bury the Dead: Stories of Death and Dying, Resistance and Discipleship, </em>edited by Laurel Dykstra</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/magazine/2013/12/digging" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BeautyBookBookscamdendancediggingEarthExcerptgardeningHopeSufferingViolenceCultureExcerptLife and PeaceCulture WatchTue, 05 Nov 2013 19:34:48 +0000Andrea Ferich51214 at http://sojo.netSLIDESHOW: City Beautifulhttp://sojo.net/magazine/2013/08/slideshow-city-beautiful
<p>Marvel at the beautiful stories to tell in U.S. cities</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/magazine/2013/08/slideshow-city-beautiful" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BeautycitiesmuralsphotosCultureExtendedLife and PeaceWeb ExtraWed, 10 Jul 2013 14:12:29 +0000Elaina Ramsey49433 at http://sojo.netThe Price of Holinesshttp://sojo.net/blogs/2013/07/02/price-holiness
<p style="font-size: 12px;">Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Has it not been told you from the foundations of the earth? You shall have a song and gladness of heart.</p><p style="font-size: 12px;">Or something like that.</p><p style="font-size: 12px;">I have been talking to a friend lately about the nature of achievement. We have been talking about money and art and what it means to care for oneself and the concept that human beings deserve to be happy. Or, more accurately, deserve to get what they want. Being happy and getting what you want are not always the same thing. Of course, you knew that already.</p><p style="font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/blogs/2013/07/02/price-holiness" target="_blank">read more</a></p>austerity measuresBeautybiblical economicsCommunityGod's PoliticsMusicRandall ThompsonTue, 02 Jul 2013 17:47:46 +0000Tripp Hudgins49334 at http://sojo.netBeauty as Antidotehttp://sojo.net/magazine/2013/08/beauty-antidote
<p>If beauty heals the world, and the best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better, who's up for demanding a better cinema experience?</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/magazine/2013/08/beauty-antidote" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BeautycinemacriticismfilmsReviewCultureLife and PeaceOn FilmCulture WatchMon, 01 Jul 2013 19:01:34 +0000Gareth Higgins49310 at http://sojo.netBeyond 'Ruin Porn'http://sojo.net/magazine/2013/08/beyond-ruin-porn
<p>Reimagining the geographies of the city—a place where the story of our salvation is played out.</p><p><a href="http://sojo.net/magazine/2013/08/beyond-ruin-porn" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BeautyCitydevastationexploitationgardenmuralsNew UrbanismPhotographypornRevelationSalvationSuburbsCultureLife and PeaceCulture WatchMon, 01 Jul 2013 18:49:48 +0000Julie Polter49307 at http://sojo.net